In a Kickstarter update, Precursor’s Paul Caporicci explained the studio’s decision to pull the campaign.

“Since we announced this Kickstarter campaign we have seen more support from our community than we had ever hoped for,” Caporicci wrote. “Along with this support has come a host of a new exciting opportunities that will make the game better than we envisioned. As a result, we have chosen to temporarily take down the Shadow of the Eternals crowdfunding campaigns on both Kickstarter and our own website on Thursday, June 6.”

The campaign will be relaunched in a “few short weeks,” suggesting that Precursor has found publisher support, or may be restarting with a more achievable goal.

The campaign first launched on Precursor's website in May, taking donations via PayPal. It later shifted to Kickstarter to aid in raising the $1.35 million needed for development. With two weeks to go and only $127,116 – less than 10% of the goal – pledged, meeting the funding target did not look likely.

Development will still continue through the crowdfunding campaign’s downtime, and gamers can follow its progress on Precursor’s forums.

Katie Williams is a freelance games journalist and critic. She tweets at @desensitisation and hopes that one day, a bird will tweet back.